[Dislocation into the cardial lumen of a PTFE prosthesis used in the treatment of voluminous hiatal sliding hernia, A case report].

The authors report a case in which a PTFE prosthesis, used to treat a voluminous hiatal sliding hernia, dislocated inside the cardial lumen. Within two months the prosthesis had become decubitant and penetrated the cardial lumen, causing dysphagia, inappetence and weight loss. The use of radiological and tomographic imaging failed to provide a clear diagnosis; endoscopy alone was conclusive.

[Lymphatic cyst of the mesentery].

Lymphatic cyst of the mesentery is a rare lesion; one case per 100,000 hospital admissions is reported. A case of lymphatic cyst in a sixty-one-year-old woman is presented. The symptoms are extremely variable, not characteristic and correlated to the location and size of the cyst.

[Retroperitoneal tumors. Observations on 8 cases].

The incidence of retroperitoneal tumours is extremely low (0.01-0.2% of all neoplasias).

[Proposal for the use of preoperative pneumoperitoneum in the treatment of large bilateral inguinal-scrotal hernias].

The authors bring again their therapeutic behavior effected with the technique of the pneumoperitoneum preoperative for the resolution or a case of bilateral inguinal hernia. Having used a catheter of Tenckoff with external link to Y, in use beside the nephrologist, for peritoneal dialysis and has stayed positioned for percutaneous way into the peritoneal cavity. Has stayed insufflated increasing quantity of air in abdomen from 100 cc after the first day of treatment, to 1500 cc after the 15th day, to allow a sufficient increase of the ability or the peritoneal cavity and allow the reduction of the intestinal loops in abdomen.